dirtylillandy
New Member
Hi to all, I just thought I'd jot down my recent experience after taking ownership of a 2000 registered TD5 2.4 Litre ES TDI with 90k on the clock.
Before I deliberately went out to buy a TD5, I joined Landyzone so that I could be armed with as much knowledge as possible and to prepare myself for the good and bad times.:alien:
I thought I found the perfect Disco with good history and only 1 previous owner, at least that what the ad led me to believe. It turned out to be two!
On the long drive home fumes started venting into the cab and later on the same journey the Disco went into limp mode with a sudden increase of the temperature gauge, I thought it might be a loss of coolant which made the disco go into limp mode.
I stopped immediately and left the engine running for a few minutes until the temp gauge cooled a little before killing the engine and then waited for recovery. (thanks to landyzone forum for the info).
I feared the worst for the overheating but no water was found in the oil and the HG is fine! Investigation is still ongoing!
The garage discovered holes in the middle and back exhaust boxes (good job the kids were not in the car) and immediately replaced the exhaust at my cost:
£300 inclusive with labour. (not bad though it should have been at the dealers cost!)
The third day of ownership came to an abrupt end as the turbo blew up.
I returned the car back to the used car dealer and to their credit they repaired the car, fixed the leaky sunroof and the three amigo's whilst they had it.
Upon the return of the car the clutch went...and back it went!
The forth day of ownership again with the overheating and a misterious loss of coolant! Re-bleeding the system according to forum has seem to work thus far also I found the cooling fan fuse had blown.
On the 5th day of ownership the disco had a sudden loss power and stopped in the middle of the road. It cranked over but would not fire.
The problem baffled the mechanic as the tank was reading 1/4 full. He suggested that it could be oil in the ECU leaking from the injector loom after searching Landyzone the forums.
Assuming this is the fault after finding oil on the red ECU clip, a new loom is ordered.
Whilst waiting for the loom I sought advice from the dealer, who advised me that there is a common fuel float problem on the TD5. The float gets jammed which gives a false reading on the fuel gauge. The gauge reads 1/4 full when its actually empty. :doh:
The tank was quickly filled and the purge sequence was followed which incidently did not work. After a quick tow the car started and so far has been fine.
I think this has been a baptisim of fire and I'm hoping for some smooth motoring. If not, it's good bye disco hello Mitsubishi!
I hope this helps you if you are thinking of buying or having a problem with your TD5.
Before I deliberately went out to buy a TD5, I joined Landyzone so that I could be armed with as much knowledge as possible and to prepare myself for the good and bad times.:alien:
I thought I found the perfect Disco with good history and only 1 previous owner, at least that what the ad led me to believe. It turned out to be two!
On the long drive home fumes started venting into the cab and later on the same journey the Disco went into limp mode with a sudden increase of the temperature gauge, I thought it might be a loss of coolant which made the disco go into limp mode.
I stopped immediately and left the engine running for a few minutes until the temp gauge cooled a little before killing the engine and then waited for recovery. (thanks to landyzone forum for the info).
I feared the worst for the overheating but no water was found in the oil and the HG is fine! Investigation is still ongoing!
The garage discovered holes in the middle and back exhaust boxes (good job the kids were not in the car) and immediately replaced the exhaust at my cost:
£300 inclusive with labour. (not bad though it should have been at the dealers cost!)
The third day of ownership came to an abrupt end as the turbo blew up.
I returned the car back to the used car dealer and to their credit they repaired the car, fixed the leaky sunroof and the three amigo's whilst they had it.
Upon the return of the car the clutch went...and back it went!
The forth day of ownership again with the overheating and a misterious loss of coolant! Re-bleeding the system according to forum has seem to work thus far also I found the cooling fan fuse had blown.
On the 5th day of ownership the disco had a sudden loss power and stopped in the middle of the road. It cranked over but would not fire.
The problem baffled the mechanic as the tank was reading 1/4 full. He suggested that it could be oil in the ECU leaking from the injector loom after searching Landyzone the forums.
Assuming this is the fault after finding oil on the red ECU clip, a new loom is ordered.
Whilst waiting for the loom I sought advice from the dealer, who advised me that there is a common fuel float problem on the TD5. The float gets jammed which gives a false reading on the fuel gauge. The gauge reads 1/4 full when its actually empty. :doh:
The tank was quickly filled and the purge sequence was followed which incidently did not work. After a quick tow the car started and so far has been fine.
I think this has been a baptisim of fire and I'm hoping for some smooth motoring. If not, it's good bye disco hello Mitsubishi!
I hope this helps you if you are thinking of buying or having a problem with your TD5.
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